The Pillowman

BY MARTIN MCDONAGH

Performed: January 2025

Theater im Romanischen Keller & Rosmalen, Netherlands

Sometimes there is no happily ever after. ‘The Pillowman’ by Martin McDonagh (famed for movies such as ‘In Bruges’, ‘Three billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’ and ‘The banshees of Inisherin’) deals with a writer being interrogated by the police. He can’t think of a single reason why they brought him in, only, that when they took him, they took his stories as well. But it’s not a crime to write a story, is it? Even if those stories have disturbing twists where children come to harm...

Flyer for a theatrical performance featuring childlike drawings of three stick-figure children with colorful clothes and a skull face, scheduled between January 17 and January 25 at the Romanischer Keller theater at 8 pm, with ticket price of 10 or 13 euros, and logos of the Schauspielgruppe des Anglistischen Seminars e.V. and Freier Theaterverein Heidelberg e.V.